Aristides Baltas

Aristides Baltas
Αριστείδης Μπαλτάς
Minister of Culture and Sports
In office 23 September 2015 – 5 November 2016
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by	Frosso Kiaou as Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
Succeeded by	Lydia Koniordou
Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
In office 27 January – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by	Andreas Loverdos as Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Konstantinos Tasoulas as Minister of Culture and Sport
Succeeded by	Frosso Kiaou
Personal details
Born	(1943-02-09) 9 February 1943 (age 81) Corfu, Greece
Political party	Coalition of the Radical Left
Alma mater	National Technical University of Athens University of Paris XI
Profession	Philosopher of science

Aristides Baltas (Greek: Αριστείδης Μπαλτάς; born 9 February 1943) is a philosopher of science and physicist who served as the Minister of Culture and Sports of Greece and as the Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs in the cabinet of Alexis Tsipras from 27 January 2015 to 4 November 2016.

He is currently the Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Science at the National Technical University of Athens and President of the Nicos Poulantzas Institute.^[1] In the September 2015 Greek legislative election, he was elected MP for the Attica constituency with Syriza.